![]() ![]() Nothing says that this process may take an unecessary amount of time. Nothing says that you will have to path out to the driver folder on the hard drive to install all the drivers that windows needs to load. Nothing says that a virtual CD will be loaded everytime you plug in the drive. I found it very misleading that nothing on the packaging states that a portion of your drive is taken up by a hidden partition that cannot be removed. I use to be very loyal to Western Digital as I've always found their products very reliable and cost effective. "Add me to the ever growing list of dissatisfied customers. There is no way to remove it from the disk." source "The Virtual CD manager only disables the VCD image. Download the VCD Manager for Mac utility from our website.Beegmouse, Mattios, are you guys users of WD My passport? It does not seems so easy to remove their bloatware, there are many people complaining in the forums, it seems like not just a format and delete files will do.How to Disable/Enable VCD without SmartWare Installed in Mac OSX 10.5 (Leopard), 10.6 (Snow Leopard), 10.7.x (Lion), or 10.8.x (Mountain Lion) Open Finder and verify that the VCD does not appear.How to Disable/Enable VCD with SmartWare Installed in Mac OSX 10.5 (Leopard), 10.6 (Snow Leopard), 10.7.x (Lion), or 10.8.x (Mountain Lion) Once the utility has found your drive, verify the serial number shown is the same as the one you wish to hide the VCD on and click Configure Drive.Double click WDSmartWareVirtualCDManagerforWindows-v1.0.7.4.exe.(Extract the file using an extraction utility) Download the VCD Manager for Windows utility from our website.How to Disable/Enable VCD without SmartWare Installed in Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows XP ![]() Open My Computer (Windows XP), Computer (Windows Vista and Windows 7), or File Explorer (Windows 8), and verify that the VCD does not appear.On the right side of the screen, click the radial button for either Enable VCD if you want to show the VCD, or Disable VCD if you wish to hide it.Click on the Virtual CD button on the left side of the screen.Once updated launch the WD Smartware software.Download and install the latest version of WD Smartware from the Western Digital website.For assistance updating the firmware on your drive please see Answer ID 15087: RETIRED: WD Universal Firmware Updater: Update for My Book or My Passport. To disable the VCD, follow the steps below.īefore disabling your VCD you must update your drive firmware. The VCD can be re-enabled at any time you want to enable the Drive Lock function. If you don't wish to use the Drive Lock feature, you can safely disable the VCD. ![]() The VCD cannot be disabled if you wish to use the Drive Lock feature. Depending on your model of drive the content of the VCD will vary, however it will always contain the WD Unlocker application, and it appears on the screen each time you connect your WD drive to the computer. On your My Passport or My Book hard drive is a small portion of drive space which has been used to create a Virtual CD (VCD) which appears on your computer as an actual CD volume. How to Disable/Enable VCD with SmartWare Installed in Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows XP Mac OSX 10.5.x (Leopard), 10.6.x (Snow Leopard), 10.7.x (Lion), and 10.8.x (Mountain Lion) without using WD SmartWare Mac OSX 10.5.x (Leopard), 10.6.x (Snow Leopard), 10.7.x (Lion), and 10.8.x (Mountain Lion) using WD SmartWare Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista and XP without using WD SmartWare Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista and XP using WD SmartWare If this option does not appear, then you can't disable or enable the VCD on your specific model drive.
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